WHEREAS
a High Level Committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to
Government, Puducherry has been constituted by the Government for the
purposes of ensuring speedy disposal of applications for setting up industries
in this Union Territory and to expedite clearances from different departments/authorities
vide G.O.Ms. No.10, dated 21-10-2000 of the Department of Industrial Development
(Industries & Commerce), Puducherry;

AND
WHEREAS in the sixth para of the G.O. referred to above, it has been mentioned
that instructions containing detailed procedure for dealing with applications
for setting up industries will be issued separately;

NOW,
THEREFORE, after due consultations with the various departments of this
Administration involved in the grant of clearances for setting up industrial
units in the Union Territory, a simplified procedure to be adopted for
according clearances for the setting up of Industrial units in this Union
Territory has been formulated and the same is detailed in the annexure
to this notification:-

ANNEXURE

SIMPLIFIED
PROCEDURE TO ACCORD CLEARANCES FOR SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS IN THE
U.T. OF Puducherry

As
per the Industrial Policy announced by the Government various time limits
have been prescribed to speed up the procedure for issue of Industrial
Licences. In order to further simplify the procedure and to curtail undue
delays in getting clearances / licences, these detailed instructions are
issued which will come into force with immediate effect.

2.
Small Scale Industries other than the industries identified as highly
polluting by the Puducherry Polluting Control Committee will get Provisional
SSI Registration from the following authorities mentioned against each
region.

Large & Medium Scale Industries will get acknowledgement for Industrial
Entrepreneurs Memorandum (IEM)/ Industrial Licence (IL) from the Secretariat
for Industrial Assistance, Ministry of Industry, Government of India,
New Delhi. For such medium and large scale industries which are not identified
as highly polluting, the Directorate of Industries & Commerce will
issue NOC on submission of an application enclosing therewith a copy of
IEM acknowledgement/Industrial licence.

3.
In the case of highly polluting industries like steel ingots, potassium
chlorate, calcium carbide and ferro alloys (whether small , medium or
large scale industries) entrepreneurs have to first get a no objection
certificate (NOC) from the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee through
the Directorate of Industries & Commerce and then apply to the concerned
authority for issue of provisional registration / NOC as the case may
be.

4.
The provisional Small-Scale Industries registration or NOC will enable
the entrepreneur to approach various Government Departments/Agencies for
getting the clearances required to set up industries.

5.
All future proposals for setting up H.T. Industries will be referred to
the Electricity Department for getting initial advice regarding the availability
of power for the unit and the Electricity Department will ensure that
such initial advice is intimated to Industries Department within 15 days.
In the case of such industries provisional registration / NOC will not
be issued unless the initial advice is received from the Electricity Department.

6.
After obtaining a provisional Small Scale Industries registration certificate
/ NOC in case of Large & Medium Scale Industries, the entrepreneur
will approach the regional office of the District Industries Centre which
will make available to the entrepreneurs/ Industrialists, the prescribed
application forms for obtaining clearances/ permissions from the following
Departments (Photocopies and computerised forms in the format required
by the concerned Department will also be accepted): -

Municipality /Commune Panchayat, in whose jurisdiction the industry
is proposed

to be set up.

Chief Inspector of Factories;

Town and Country Planning Department;

Puducherry Planning Authority;

Puducherry Pollution Control Committee;

Revenue Department;

Agriculture department; and

Electricity Department.

7.
The proposed Industries will prepare required copies of the site, building
and machinery layout plans and submit the completed applications and other
relevant documents to the District Industries Centre or its regional Office
for obtaining Clearances/Permissions from the various Departments. The
District Industries Centre or its regional Office on receipt of duly completed
applications along with necessary enclosures from the entrepreneurs will
sort out the applications and forward them within 3 days to the concerned
departments. On receipt of the application the Municipality/ Commune Panchayat
concerned should send a notice for publication in the Official Gazette
inviting objections from the public giving a specific time limit of 15
days without waiting for clearance from other Departments. The Director
of Stationery & Printing will give priority in publication of such
notices in the Official Gazette.

8(a).
Each Department will function within the specified time frame and statutory
provisions. The time frame within which such applications are required
to be disposed off by the various Departments is given in the Table annexed
herewith. In respect of units to be set up in the Industrial estates,
the Municipality/Commune Panchayat will issue permission soon after the
receipt of NOC/approval from the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee
and the Chief Inspector of Factories dispensing with NOC from other Departments.
Knowledge based companies engaged in Information Technology and Information
Technology enabled services will be exempt from the provisions of sections
17 and 18 of the Puducherry Shops and Establishment Act, 1964 and rules
11 and 22 of the Puducherry Shops and Establishment Rules, 1964.

8(b).
At present even though the concerned Municipality /Commune Panchayat ascertains
the opinion of Inspector of Factories and the Puducherry Planning Authority
before issuing permission, the industrialist is required to apply separately
to these agencies for getting their permission. It is now decided that
an Industrialistís application to the Inspector of factories and the Puducherry
Planning Authority in their respective prescribed forms will be sufficient
for processing the applications. These authorities need not wait to receive
the applications forwarded by the concerned Municipality/Commune Panchayat.
These authorities viz., the Inspector of Factories and the Puducherry
Planning Authority will send copies of approvals / permissions given by
them to the concerned Municipality / Commune Panchayat which will be deemed
by the respective Municipality / Commune Panchayat to be the opinion of
these authorities. The concerned Municipality/ Commune Panchayat need
not wait for the specific opinion of the Inspector of factories or the
Puducherry Planning Authority for processing the application further.
No further opinion need be given by these authorities to the concerned
Municipality / Commune Panchayat.

8(c).
The acknowledgement issued by the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee
for the NOC on pollution angle would be sufficient for processing the
applications of SSI units listed under green and orange category. All
necessary clearances other than the Commune Panchayat permission and including
therein power feasibility may be issued for green category industries
without waiting for issue of NOC from Puducherry Pollution Control Committee.

9.
Meeting of the Single window Committee will be held at 3.30PM on the first
working day of every month. No specific intimation will be sent in this
regard. The concerned Head of Department will attend the meeting positively.
In case the Head of Department is unable to attend the meeting, he must
depute an officer sufficiently senior to take decisions which will be
binding on the concerned departments. Once a decision is taken in the
meeting, it is obligatory on the part of the departments concerned to
comply with the decision without any deviation.

10.
The Commissioner of the concerned Commune Panchayat /Municipality will
prepare a list of pending applications as on the 18th of every month and
should forward the same to the District Industries Centre on or before
the 20th of every month, for review of the cases in the forthcoming Single
Window committee meeting.

11.
After obtaining clearance from all the Departments concerned, the Municipality
/Commune Panchayat concerned will grant permission on receipt of the prescribed
fees. It should be the endeavour of the Municipality/Commune Panchayat
to issue permission /licence within 45 days from the date of receipt of
a copy of the application from the District Industries Centre.

12.
After obtaining requisite permissions /licences, if the entrepreneur experiences
any difficulty in obtaining permanent power connection to start the Industry,
he will approach the District Industries Centre which will help him to
obtain the required power connection expeditiously from the Electricity
Department through the services of Single Window Committee.

13.
In respect of the outlying regions, the Regional Executive Officer of
the concerned region will take similar steps to ensure that permissions/Licenses
are issued by the concerned Municipality /Commune Panchayat within the
stipulated time. Cases which are placed in the Regional Single Window
Committee meeting and not cleared for more than 90 days will be reviewed
in the High Level Committee for Industrial Clearances.

14.
The Director, Local Administration Department will ensure that the concerned
Municipality / Commune Panchayat issues clearances within the time limits
specified.

15.
Feasibility certificates will be issued to eligible units by the Electricity
Department within one month of the receipt of applications for grant of
new power supply/ extension of power supply and the same will be issued
without insisting on clearances from any other departments. LT connections
will be energised within one month from the date of receipt of Applications
therefor. The gestation period for extending H.T. Power connection will
be three months from the date of furnishing H.T. applications in full
shape. Applications for energisation of the electricity connection should
be complete in all respects with requisite clearances from the concerned
departments.

16.
When new industries are set up in premises with existing power connection,
the Electricity Department will not insist on transfer of power policy
and permit the Industries to utilise the existing power in starting production
as is the procedure followed for domestic power consumers.

TABLE

TIME
LIMIT FOR ISSUE OF CLEARANCES AND APPROVALS BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS:-

Sl.
No

Item/Activity

Dept./
Organisation

Time
limit

1.

Issue
of Provisional SSI Regn. Certificate.

Issue
of Provisional NOC to Medium/ Large Scale Industries. of Non-Chemical
and Non-Polluting nature.

Directorate
of Industries & Commerce.

Directorate
of Industries & Commerce

7
days

7
days

2.

Forwarding
of application to the concerned depts. for issue of permission
by Municipality/ Commune panchayat under Single Window System

District
Industries Centre

3
days

3.

(a)
Issue of acknowledgement for receipt of application for issue
of NOC from pollution angle in respect of green and orange categories.

(b)
Issue of NOC from Pollution angle

Puducherry
Pollution Control Committee

Puducherry
Pollution Control Committee

7
days

6
Weeks

4.

Site Clearance

Town
and Country Planning Dept.

1
month

5.

Approval of factory building and machinery lay out

Inspectorate
of Factories and Boilers

1
month

6.

Permission
for land use conversion/ ground water clearance (outside the Industrial
estate)

Agriculture
Department

1
month

7.

Power Feasibility certificate.

Intimation
of initial advice to Industries & Commerce. Department in
respect of High Tension industries

Energisation
of Low Tension connections on receipt of application.

Energisation of High Tension connection on receipt of application

Electricity
Department

Electricity
Department

Electricity
Department

Electricity
Department

1
month

15
days

1
month

3
months

8.

Clearance
under Revenue Acts wherever necessary

Revenue
Dept.

6
Weeks

9.

Publication
of proposals inviting objections, if any in the Official Gazette

Directorate
of Stationery & Printing

15
days

10.

Licence,
where required

Food
& Drugs Admn.

1
month

11.

Licence,
where required

Civil
Supplies Dept.

1
month

12.

Statutory
permission for establishment of the unit

Municipality/Commune
Panchayat

45
days

For
Commencement of Regular Production after Installation of Plant and
Machinery

13.

Licence

Municipality/commune
Panchayat

1
month

14.

Running licence

Inspectorate
of Factories

1
month

15.

Consent for operation of the unit

Puducherry
Pollution Control Committee.

6
weeks

16.

Issue
of permanent SSI registration.

Issue
of commencement of production certification in case of large /
medium scale unit

Directorate
of Industries & Commerce.

Directorate
of Industries & Commerce.

1
month

1
month

UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVT. (IND & COM.)

To

The
Director,

Directorate
of Stationery and Printing, Puducherry

Copy
to:-

All
the Members of the Committee.

All
the Secretaries to Government, Puducherry/Secretary to Lt. Governor/Secretary
to

Chief Minister/P.S. to Ministers/P.S. to Speaker/P.S. to Deputy Speaker.